On the Sometime Inscrutability of Divine Portents In Iliad 4.78ff., Athene, at the behest of Zeus, comes down to earth to stir up the Trojans to break their oaths to the Achaians so that the war might
Lucan, Bellum civile 1.67-72 fert animus causas tantarum expromere rerum, inmensumque aperitur opus, quid in arma furentem inpulerit populum, quid pacem excusserit orbi. invida fa Continue Reading →
Concluding Unphilological Postscript I haven’t had a post in a few days, but I did see the following video, a paean to objects spherical, while watching TV with my nieces and brother-in-l Continue Reading →
